Mistral Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I thought I had already posted this, but I was obviously dreamingSo here goes again. There is a strike planned for Thursday 8th February in state colleges and lycées. I have a feeling that it will be relatively well followed since most schools seem to be having to deal with budget cuts, increase in the number of pupils per class and more heures sup against heures postes. In my academie at least, there is also a worrying reduction in the number of hours for UNSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Thanks Mistral. It is always good to know in advance.And I think it is a real shame the French Government chooses to make these kinds of demands and cuts to the Education System / Staff. Strikes really don't seem to have much affect on the cuts as they keep doing it every year. Is there some other more effective way to send them a message?I suppose voting may be one way. Unfortunately, as a foreigner, I can't vote in the Presidential elections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumziGal Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 And that is exam week at my son's collège! They went on strike a couple of years ago at brevet-and-bac time, didn't they? There was a lot of fuss about it at the time, but no follow-up reporting, so I don't know what happened to the youngsters who couldn't sit their exams at that time.Lori, yes it is a shame that striking so often still makes no difference. Maybe they have to just keep on striking until it becomes a real, nationwide problem and people actually start to complain effectively rather than just having a bit of a gripe at home. Unfortunately I can't see enough of them doing it for long enough. It's very rare for my son to have more than two of his teachers striking on the strike days. A propos of not very much, a classmate of my son was in a wheelchair for a few weeks before Christmas, and could only go to the classes that were on the ground floor. Modern-looking collège, 800 pupils, and no proper wheelchair access. The canteen is also upstairs, so she couldn't eat there either. Must admit I was a bit surprised - or was I? [:)] Next year, they say, next year they'll be thinking about wheelchair access....... I think she should have gone on strike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Rum - you know I never even thought about that, but I have never seen a ramp at my daughter's school either. And it was built only 5 years ago. Do these building planners / architects live on another planet? Surely they know about handicapped or injured / wheelchair access??? You know, the questions just keep coming...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Rum, in our local Le Clerc there are disabled toilets...behind a VERY heavy swinging door. God knows how someone in a wheelchair would get through if they were on their own. The French are way behind in acknowledging the rights of the disabled, as are the Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSA Aude Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Many thanks for the info, always useful to know if it's possible for a lie-in! No disabled access at our college either, old, crumbling and never likely to be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 All new collèges are supposed (yes, supposed) to have wheelchair access. Mine was built about 8 years ago so it has a lift but it wasn't until a pupil in a wheelchair actually started here that all the necessary ajustments were made. We were lucky in that the parents of this pupil came to the school and went into every corner making a list of everything that needed doing before he came. Our main problem was that the architect designed the corridors at the narrowest width he could get away with (we have a "wonderful, airy space" in the middle and very narrow dark corridors) so although the wheelchair can get down them, he has to wait until everybody has chnaged rooms before he goes. Plus along the corridors there were big sort of open spaces (so you could fall down 2 floor very easily- we had to them railed in before the school could open, the architect was furious we had changed his design) we had to add a sort of lip so that the wheelchair wouldn't slip off. A lot of parents of handicapped children just give up the fight and send them to a specialist school. The parents of our handicapped child had fought for changes ever since he was in maternelle and had somehow managed to keep their patience and sense of humour. They had learned to plan a couple of years ahead for each school change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLG Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hi Mistral,Sorry to come up in the forum but I remember how we'd discussed the very different ways the DP6 classes had been interpreted in our respective areas. It seems our case is not unique - here's the article I go - it's in French but if parents are interested I can translate.les dérapages du dispositif Découverte professionnelle DP6 " La diversité des situations existantes sur leterrain tient principalement aux profils des élèves admis dans lesclasses de troisième à module de découverte professionnelle ; à lamobilisation des équipes autour d’une pédagogie de projet permettantaux élèves de construire de nouveaux apprentissages à partir desituations concrètes en relation avec le monde du travail ; àl’existence et à la nature des partenariats établis par lesétablissements avec leur environnement économique et social afin demettre les élèves en contact avec des métiers relevant de plusieurschamps professionnels et de les aider à affiner progressivement leursprojets d’orientation… Force est de constater que, dans de nombreuxétablissements, la situation existante vis-à-vis de ces paramètres estsignificativement éloignée des orientations pédagogiques préconiséespar l’arrêté du 14 février 2005". Plus d'un an après leurgénéralisation, le rapport des inspecteurs généraux René Cahuzac,Raymond Riquier et Jacques Thierry, montre que les classes à module dedécouverte professionnelle (appelées couramment DP6 pour les distinguerdes classes à option découverte professionnelle) s'éloignent desobjectifs annoncés initialement. Présentées comme un remède à l'échec scolaire parune orientation anticipée vers le lycée professionnel, les classes DP6accueillent en fait, parmi leurs 32 000 élèves, à coté d'élèvesscolairement fragiles et envisageant la voie professionnelle ou ayantun projet professionnel précis, une majorité de jeunes relevant de dispositifsspécifiques, des décrocheurs qui devraient bénéficier des dispositifsrelais et des élèves perturbateurs exclus de leur collège. "Il fautbien admettre qu’une certaine confusion, quant au profil des élèvesauxquels s’adressent les classes de troisième à module de découverteprofessionnelle, a pu exister sur le terrain lors de la préparation derentrée 2005. L’arrêté du 2 juillet 2004, en effet, ne fait état pources classes que d’élèves en grande difficulté. C’est l’arrêté du 14février 2005 qui positionne ces classes pour des élèves volontairesprêts à se remobiliser autour d’un projet de formation dans les voiesprofessionnelle, générale ou technologique" rappelle le rapport La filière sert également souvent de variabled'ajustement du service des enseignants ce qui conduit parfois à desorganisations des enseignements aberrantes. Dans ces circonstances, lerapport souligne les difficultés de mise en place de projetspédagogiques spécifiques. " Le plus souvent, les projetspédagogiques des classes de troisième à module de découverteprofessionnelle se réduisent à un descriptif de la distribution desenseignements et des activités prévues ou à une collection de comptesrendus de réunions de l’équipe éducative". Les relations avec le monde professionnel semblent souvent superficielles alors qu'elles justifiaient au démarrage le projet. "L’implicationdes milieux professionnels dans le projet de formation peut êtrequalifiée d’extrêmement variable selon les établissements… Leur apports’inscrit plus en juxtaposition des autres activités de découverteprofessionnelle qu’en véritable accompagnement de la construction duprojet d’orientation des jeunes". Enfin le rapport signale que l'intégration de ces classes dans les politiques territoriales n'a pas été pensée. "Une clarification urgente s’impose pour que ces classes implantées en lycée professionnel cessent d’être en « exterritorialité »".Il s'agit en effet de classes de collège, relevant des conseilsgénéraux, mais implantées en lycée professionnel, ceux-ci dépendant desconseils régionaux… Quelque soit l'implication forte des équipeséducatives, toutes ces contraintes structurelles jouent contre ledispositif. Finalement le rapport ne souligne que deux faitspositifs : un relatif succès de la prise de conscience de laproblématique professionnelle dans l'orientation, les attentes desfamilles envers le système éducatif. Que reste-il de l'idée de départ ?Sans doute uniquement la question de la réussite de tous les élèves. Enprincipe la solution apportée devait être trouvée dans le socle commun.Mais très vite on a vu F. Fillon, puis G. de Robien, abandonner l'idéedu socle et même la scolarité obligatoire jusqu'à 16 ans. De fait lesclasses DP6 risquent fort de se transformer en espaces de relégation.Ce premier rapport doit alerter sur le maintien de ce dispositif.----Summary found on the Café Pédagogique's website, with full report herehttp://www.education.gouv.fr/cid4692/le-module-de-decouverte-professionnelle.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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